Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Tadmor?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Palmyra.

First appears in 2 Chronicles 8:4 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Palm, a city built by Solomon “in the wilderness” (2 Chr. 8:4). Modern identification: Palmyra.

Tadmor is represented in the local geography layer as Palmyra. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 2 Chronicles 8:4 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 215 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 323 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 337 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 344 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 381 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Tadmor today

Travel to Tadmor, the modern-day Palmyra.

Tadmor is commonly identified with Palmyra, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Tadmor is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Palmyra

34.547°N · 38.274°E

Key passages

Appears in

2 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention